Several letter carriers are accusing Portland’s postmaster of deliberately delaying the delivery of first-class and priority mail by ordering clerks to sort Amazon packages first, ensuring that carriers deliver them on time.
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Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Maine voters get mixed messages on mail-in ballot postage
Amid a rapid switch to absentee voting, many Mainers aren’t sure how much postage is required to mail in their votes – and aren’t getting good answers.
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Central Maine rural mail carriers take precautions during pandemic
Mail carrier Patrick Dapolito said the mail system is vital during the outbreak, but could be threatened as it is being used less.
Posted inObituaries, sj-web
John J. Hovestadt
AUGUSTA — John J. Hovestadt, 90, went home to be with the Lord on Monday, Jan. 8. He was born Sept. 25, 1927, in Brooklyn, N.Y., the son of Caroline and Frederick Hovestadt, both deceased. John served in World War II with the 88th Blue Devil Division in Italy. In 1948, he married the former Helen […]
Posted inLetters, sj-web
What is wrong with the Postal Service?
I don’t know who is in charge of the U.S. Postal Service, but they are not doing their job. What is wrong with them? It was in the newspaper that the Postal Service lost $2.6 billion last quarter, so they decided to raise the price of stamps higher. They have been doing that forever and […]
Posted inFranklin, The Franklin Journal
Livermore Falls has the first village post office in Maine
LIVERMORE FALLS — U.S. Postal Service officials opened its first village post office in Maine on Wednesday morning at Pike’s Corner Oasis on Park Street, also known as Route 133. The Postal Service announced in 2011 that it would be reducing hours or closing hours at post offices around the country to run more efficiently […]
Posted inFranklin, The Franklin Journal
Weld officials ask residents to attend meeting on post office hours
WELD — The U.S. Postal Service will hold a meeting at 4 p.m. on Tuesday, July 29, at the Weld Post Office at 22 Mill St. to hear concerns from people about the proposed reduction of office hours from eight to four on weekdays. The post office is open four hours on Saturdays. The U.S. […]
Posted inRiver Valley, The Franklin Journal
East Dixfield Post Office may be closed or its weekly hours reduced
EAST DIXFIELD — Depending on the results of a U.S. Postal Service survey, the service may close its East Dixfield Post Office or reduce the weekly office hours. Those results will be made public by Postal Service officials at the post office at 4 p.m. Tuesday, July 22. Even if it remains open with limited hours, […]
Posted inLetters
M. Peaco: End the prefunding mandate
I am writing in response to an article about the U.S. Postal Service’s third quarter loss of $740 million (Aug. 10). If Congress had ended the mandate to prefund future retiree health care costs (which no other company has to do), the Postal Service would have posted more than a $600 million profit. There is […]